The new START looks less like a disarmament treaty than a front behind which the government can funnel funds to the nuclear-weapons industry in perpetuity.
The Limits of Internet Organizing
The Internet expedites expression for activists, but ultimately it mutes their impact.
Nigeria @ 50
Nigeria’s future, in many ways, turns on the question of ethnicity and politics, the same questions that have hounded Nigeria since its founding. These questions will be at the fore as Nigerians head to the polls next year to elect their next president.
Middle-East Peace Talks: Thin Pickings for Abbas
Essentially, Palestinian President Abbas has been invited by the U.S. to either negotiate without a leg to stand on or accept a face-saving endorsement that changes nothing on the ground.
Is Chavez Following Iran Down the Radioactive Brick Road?
It might be easier to talk Venezuela off the nuclear-weapons ledge if the U.S. weren’t so intent on filling the coffers of its own nuclear-weapons industry.
For Pakistan, All Roads May Lead to U.S. and NATO Confiscation of Its Nukes
Pakistan seems to be in a double bind: Resist the United States and NATO and open the door to seizure of its nuclear-weapons program — or cooperate and suffer the same results.
“Nuclear Spy” Arrests: Remember Who Your Friends Are, Iran
By panicking and detaining Russians working on its nuclear plant, Iranians risk incurring the enmity of Russia.
It’s When He Most Tries to Appear Strong That Obama Is at His Weakest
Waging war is more often a sign of weakness, not strength, on the part of our leaders.
Flat-lined Iraqi Politics Shocked Back to Life
Iraqi politicians take their first steps toward a functioning government, but it will be months before anything meaningful coalesces.
Senate Again Undermines Obama’s Middle-East Peace Efforts
It appears that to Sen. Barbara Boxer and other Congressional Democrats blaming the Palestinians for the possible collapse of peace talks is of greater importance than the actual success of the negotiations.